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Chapter 14

           Thecrowdfoughtforthem,tearingtheslipsinhalf,thoseobtainingthemtryingtobackoutthroughthecrowdtoread,thosebehindpushingforward,crying:"Letmethrough!"

           "Holdthereins,"saidRhettshortly,swingingtothegroundandtossingthebridletoUnclePeter.Theysawhisheavyshoulderstoweringabovethecrowdashewentthrough,brutallypushingandshoving.Inawhilehewasback,withhalfadozeninhishands.HetossedonetoMelanieanddistributedtheothersamongtheladiesinthenearestcarriages,theMissesMcLure,Mrs.Meade,Mrs.Merriwether,Mrs.Elsing.

           "Quick,Melly,"criedScarlett,herheartinherthroat,exasperationsweepingherasshesawthatMelly’shandswereshakingsothatitwasimpossibleforhertoread.

           "Takeit,"whisperedMelly,andScarlettsnatcheditfromher.TheWs.WhereweretheWs?Oh,theretheywereatthebottomandallsmearedup."White,"shereadandhervoiceshook,"Wilkens...Winn...Zebulon...Oh,Melly,he’snotonit!He’snotonit!Oh,forGod’ssake,Auntie,Melly,pickupthesalts!Holdherup,Melly."

           Melly,weepingopenlywithhappiness,steadiedMissPitty’srollingheadandheldthesmellingsaltsunderhernose.Scarlettbracedthefatoldladyontheotherside,herheartsingingwithjoy.Ashleywasalive.Hewasn’tevenwounded.HowgoodGodwastopasshimby!How

           Sheheardalowmoanand,turning,sawFannyElsinglayherheadonhermother’sbosom,sawthecasualtylistfluttertothefloorofthecarriage,sawMrs.

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